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Yes, but all of those deprecated elements can still be rendered just fine by some of the current browsers. And even if, say, you couldn't display an index page

by Vrondi 4y ago

Yes, but all of those deprecated elements can still be rendered just fine by some of the current browsers. And even if, say, you couldn't display an index page with frameset, then the stuff inside the frames is just plain old html files anyway, which you can display easily. bgcolor, etc. all still render fine in current browsers as well. The main thing is that information which is important to people will get converted to newer formats over time, just as old print books get reprinted if they're popular.

bell-cot 4y ago
> The main thing is that information which is important to people will get converted to newer formats over time, just as old print books get reprinted if they're popular. Vs. decent-quality old "dead tree" books, properly stored, can be ignored for centuries and still be perfectly fine. You might want to ask a good historian or librarian about all the incredibly important (historically, to us, now) documents which we know existed, but we do not have, because there was no continuously-operated, high-budget "Holy Brothers of Document Preservation" monastery doing all the re-copy work needed to preserve them. (And maintain off-site backups in case of fire at the Monastery, and ...) (If you aren't familiar - most of the materials used for documents in ancient times degrade fairly quickly. Unless (say) carefully stashed in a nice, dry cave in an arid climate. And even that stuff tends to be "crumble if you touch it" fragile.)
- thaumasiotes 4y ago
  > (And maintain off-site backups in case of fire at the Monastery, and ...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Encyclopedia :( For every important historical work we have, there are several more, at least as important, that we know we're missing. And presumably even more that we've never heard of.
- ericlnu 4y ago
  Oral history. And before someone says anything, Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address, the 4 day one. Done every year. Still.

by Vrondi 4y ago

bell-cot 4y ago

> The main thing is that information which is important to people will get converted to newer formats over time, just as old print books get reprinted if they're popular. Vs. decent-quality old "dead tree" books, properly stored, can be ignored for centuries and still be perfectly fine. You might want to ask a good historian or librarian about all the incredibly important (historically, to us, now) documents which we know existed, but we do not have, because there was no continuously-operated, high-budget "Holy Brothers of Document Preservation" monastery doing all the re-copy work needed to preserve them. (And maintain off-site backups in case of fire at the Monastery, and ...) (If you aren't familiar - most of the materials used for documents in ancient times degrade fairly quickly. Unless (say) carefully stashed in a nice, dry cave in an arid climate. And even that stuff tends to be "crumble if you touch it" fragile.)

thaumasiotes 4y ago
> (And maintain off-site backups in case of fire at the Monastery, and ...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongle_Encyclopedia :( For every important historical work we have, there are several more, at least as important, that we know we're missing. And presumably even more that we've never heard of.
ericlnu 4y ago
Oral history. And before someone says anything, Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving address, the 4 day one. Done every year. Still.